“Why should it be essential to love rarely in order to love much?”
“For man is essentially alone, and one should pity him and love him and grieve with him.”
“...love is essentially a much simpler phenomenon--it becomes complicated, corrupted or obstructed by an unequal balance of power.”
“I don't want you to leaveWhich is exactly why I should. But don't worry. I'm essentially a selfish creature. I crave your company too much to do what I should.”
“People are rarely as attractive in reality as they are in the eyes of the people who are in love with them. Which is, I suppose, as it should be.”
“Love for one's country is great but why should that love stop at that border?”